PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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gave the rich too many tax breaks
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gave the federal government too much power
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paid too little attention to health care
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favored rural over urban citizens
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Great Society pursued the evolution introduced by the New Deal of FDR in the thirties. It gave the federal government a greater involvement in the economy and in society. It was also aimed at reducing poverty by contrasting with the traditional market economy that had prevailed before.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Legacy of the Great Society 13 The Act provided better access to home mortgages and a rent-subsidy program. Johnson’s Great Society policies birthed Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. All of which remain government programs in 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -While some of the programs have been eliminated or had their funding reduced, many of them, including Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act and federal education funding, continue to the present.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kennedy’s running mate. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to build “A Great Society” for the American people. “A Great Society” for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson.